“I was really young and naïve when I did my 3 year retreat. And I thought it was going to be blissful. It was really really hard. “

– Rigzin, a Vajrayana practitioner 

“There is a certain magic, to when you fully commit to doing the practice. There is a certain potency that comes forward.”

– Jogen, a Zen practitioner 

“It allows you to let your mind to drop into a stillness that can’t do, you can’t will it to happen. “

– Karen, a Zen practitioner 

“Just to be open and honest and to share some of teachings without being insecure with men. It’s very expressive, it can be very primal, very intimate.”

– Tamara, Thich Nhat Hang lineage